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Malayo in a sentence
Context around Malayo
- Average sentence length in these examples: 21.1 words
- Position in the sentence: 2 start, 12 middle, 3 end
- Sentence types: 17 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Malayo
- In this selection, "malayo" usually appears in the middle of the sentence. The average example has 21.1 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Around the word, proto, austronesian, see, polynesian, polynesians and pacific stand out and add context to how "malayo" is used.
- Recognizable usage signals include a proto malayo polynesian language and an austronesian malayo polynesian people. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "malayo" sits close to words such as aav, abdicating and abductor, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with malayo
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
All other large groups within Malayo-Polynesian are disputed. (9 words)
The first was Malayo-Polynesian, distributed across the Philippines, Indonesia, and Melanesia. (12 words)
It can possibly be explained by the last Malayo-Pacific human migration (c. 1200). (14 words)
Two morphological characteristics of the Malayo-Polynesian languages are a system of affixation and the reduplication (repetition of all or part of a word, such as wiki-wiki ) to form new words. (32 words)
The Austronesian Basic Vocabulary Database (2008) accepts Northern, rejects Eastern, links Tsouic and Rukai (two highly divergent languages), and links Malayo-Polynesian with Paiwan in a Paiwanic group. (28 words)
The Austronesian Expansion Theory states that Malayo-Polynesians coming from Taiwan began migrating to the Philippines around 4000 BC, displacing earlier arrivals. citation Mijares, Armand Salvador B. (2006). (28 words)
Example sentences (17)
According to Nettl, it originated in southeast Asia and came to Africa c. 500 AD when a group of Malayo-Polynesian speaking peoples migrated to Africa.
All Austronesian languages spoken outside Taiwan (including its offshore Yami language ) belong to the Malayo-Polynesian branch, sometimes called Extra-Formosan.
All other large groups within Malayo-Polynesian are disputed.
Anthropologists believe that all Polynesians have descended from a South Pacific proto-culture created by an Austronesian (Malayo-Polynesian) people that had migrated from Southeast Asia.
Austronesians expansion map An Austronesian outrigger canoe ; Malagasy vahoaka "people" is from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *va-waka "people of the canoe".
Filipinos generally belong to several Asian ethnic groups classified linguistically as part of the Austronesian or Malayo-Polynesian speaking people.
He correctly postulated a link among all the Pacific peoples, despite their being separated by great ocean stretches (see Malayo-Polynesian languages ).
It can possibly be explained by the last Malayo-Pacific human migration (c. 1200).
Puyuma language ( Formosan ) Paiwan language (southern tip of Formosa) Malayo-Polynesian Li (2008) Families of Formosan languages before Minnanese colonization, per Li (2008).
The Austronesian Basic Vocabulary Database (2008) accepts Northern, rejects Eastern, links Tsouic and Rukai (two highly divergent languages), and links Malayo-Polynesian with Paiwan in a Paiwanic group.
The Austronesian Expansion Theory postulates that Malayo-Polynesians coming from Taiwan began migrating to the Philippines around 4000 BC, displacing earlier arrivals.
The Austronesian Expansion Theory states that Malayo-Polynesians coming from Taiwan began migrating to the Philippines around 4000 BC, displacing earlier arrivals. citation Mijares, Armand Salvador B. (2006).
The Chamorro language is included in the Malayo-Polynesian subgroup of the Austronesian family.
The first was Malayo-Polynesian, distributed across the Philippines, Indonesia, and Melanesia.
The many island cultures within the Polynesian Triangle share similar languages derived from a proto-Malayo-Polynesian language used in Southeast Asia 5,000 years ago.
The modern Chamorro language is a Malayo-Polynesian language with much Spanish and Filipino influence.
Two morphological characteristics of the Malayo-Polynesian languages are a system of affixation and the reduplication (repetition of all or part of a word, such as wiki-wiki ) to form new words.